Evaluation methodologies, their use for local development strategies and evidence: from principles to local experiments in other OECD countriesDenis Paillard, French Evaluation Society, INP-ENSAT de Toulouse

10.45 – 11.15

Coffee break

11.15 – 11.45

Case studies from the Shannon Region of IrelandBrian Callanan, Research & Development Department, Shannon Development, Ireland

11.45 – 12.15

Local development strategies and their evaluation in Scotland

Neil MacCallum, Director of the Evaluations Department at the Scottish Enterprise, Scotland

12.15 – 12.30

Evaluations of local development programmes in the Nógrád County: key lessons learnt Zoltán Szántó, Deputy Managing Director, Regional Development Agency of Nógrád County

12.30 – 12.45

Evaluation of local development strategies in Hungary: Evidence, obstacles faced and key challengesMárton Péti, Senior Planner, "VÁTI" Hungarian Public Company for Regional Development and Town Planning

12.45 – 14.00

Lunch break

14.00 - 15.00

Working groups: Suitable evaluation strategies, obstacles faced when implementing evaluation in Hungary and how to overcome them.

Working Group 1
Facilitated by Denis Paillard and Brian Callanan
Rapporteur: Zoltán Szántó

Working Group 2

Facilitated by Jon Potter and Neil MacCallum
Rapporteur: Márton Péti

15.00 – 15.30

Coffee break

15.30 – 16.30

Plenary sessionPresentation by rapporteurs on main discussion points from the working groupsDebate and Key Lessons from the Day